Elena Kagan

News of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to legalize gay marriage nationwide Friday was met in Hampton Roads with both joy and disappointment. The decision includes a requirement that states recognize marriages performed in other states – a requirement that some local couples were waiting for to tie the knot, even though gay marriage was legalized in Virginia last year through two separate court actions. Mary Aab, director of the LGBT Center of Hampton Roads, based in Norfolk, has been with her partner, Sarah, for 18 years, but they were waiting to marry until it was legal in all 50 states, including Ohio, where Aab is from. “We talked about it but it didn’t...

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